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Brief Description:
The Japanese Chin, also known as the Japanese Spaniel, is a dog acknowledged for its importance to Japanese nobility. It is also known for its strabismus of the eyes.
Links to Breed Descriptions:
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club:
Japanese chin, also known as Japanese Spaniel, is a very old dog breed originally from China and Korea, Japan, which gained a prominent position in the imperial court of Japan.
Breed Standards:
There are numerous breed standards. The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed. Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics:
1. Swedish Insurance Data Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds. This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance. Click here to view downloads
2. Finland: Database, Japanese Chin: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=206
Japanese Chin Finland ry: Terveystuloksia: http://japanesechinfin.weebly.com/terveystuloksia.html
3. Population analysis of the Japanese Chin breed: UK: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/686128/japanese_chin.pdf
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents:
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch
Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
Finland: A new Finnish JTO for Japanese Chin is under development. At this time the current Japanese Chin JTO has been accepted by the Japanese Chin Association but has not been 'officially' accepted by the Toy Dog Club or FKC. A link to the updated official Japanese Chin JTO will be posted when available.
JAPANESE CHIN JALOSTUKSEN TAVOITEOHJELMA VUOSILLE 2013-2017 (in Finnish) and/ or English summary
(JTO internal) JTOehdotus_Japanese_chin_2013-2017_hyvJCFry
Health Surveys
UK: The Kennel Club: Japanese Chin Pedigree Breed Health Survey 2014: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/749495/japanese_chin.pdf
The Kennel Club: Japanese Chin Pedigree Breed Health Survey 2004: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/16554/japanese chin.pdf
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Breed Clubs:
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Finland: Finnish Toy Dog Society:Japanese Chin: https://www.toydogs.fi/index.php?b=_b630c4848&p=BreedsPage&l=
Japanese Chin Finland ry: http://japanesechinfin.weebly.com/
Sweden: JAPANESE CHIN SOCIETETEN: http://www.japanesechin.se/JCS_START.html
Norway: Norsk Miniatyrhund japanese Chin: http://www.nmhk-japanesechin.net/
UK: The Japanese Chin Club: https://www.japchinclub.co.uk/
US: Japanese Chin Club of America: http://japanesechinclub.org/
Edited by Ann Milligan
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